"Kenya Doomsday Cult Leader Charged in Deaths of Hundreds of Children"
TL;DR
Doomsday cult leader Paul Mackenzie and 30 followers are charged with murdering 191 children in Kenya. The bodies were found in shallow graves on an 800-acre ranch, with some victims dying from starvation, strangulation, or suffocation. Mackenzie's Good News International Church members were instructed to fast to death before the world ends. Prosecutors are pursuing charges of murder, cruelty, child torture, and other crimes against 95 individuals. Mackenzie is already serving a one-year prison sentence for operating a film studio without a valid license.
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